CAMBRIDGE: Hammer and Tongue featuring Mark Gwynne Jones and Alison Brumfitt

Wednesday, 11th May, 2011, 7.30pm-10.30pm, £5, £3.50 concessions, £2 slammers

The Emperor,
21 Hills Road,
Cambridge
CB2 1NW

Time again for another round of the Cambridge Hammer & Tongue 2010-2011 season...

This is your chance to become part of the spoken word slam brilliance that has graced this here fair city for over a year, in the warm and wonderful surroundings of fabulous venue The Emperor. Sign up as one of the eight to compete for a place in the Regional Final, or just dive in and soak up the atmosphere and talent on display. And some great beer.

Mark Gwynne Jones is a poet who works in film, on stage, in print and with music. During his travels Mark has sold poetry to the CIA, won The National Trust Poetry Competition and thrice won the Buxton Festival Fringe. He currently tours with The Psychicbread providing an unforgettable show of music and poetry. He is a poet who works in film, on stage, in print and with music. During his travels Mark has sold poetry to the CIA, won The National Trust Poetry Competition and thrice won the Buxton Festival Fringe. He currently tours with The Psychicbread providing an unforgettable show of music and poetry.

Beautiful, powerful, moving and incredibly funny - sometimes all at the same time - don’t miss this chance to see Mark Gwynne Jones solo at Hammer & Tongue.  Find out more at http://www.psychicbread.org

And he’ll be warmly supported by the elegantly funny, quirky poetical stylings of festival favourite Alison Brumfitt.

Find out more at http://www.alisonbrumfitt.co.uk/

Hosted by Alex Iamb and Fay Roberts.

A poetry slam is a live democratic poetry competition where random members of the audience are made judges giving scores to a series of 3 minute spoken word performances with an Olympic-style score system.

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